Ruins are the remains of man-made architecture. Ruins or ruin may refer to: History The Ruin (Ukrainian history), a period in Ukrainian history after the death of Bohdan Khmelnytsky in 1657 Geography Ruin, Iran, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran Ruin Rural District, an administrative subdivision of North Khorasan Province, Iran The Ruins (mansion), an old mansion and tourist attraction in Talisay City, Negros Occidental, Philippines Arts, entertainment, and media Films Ruins, a 1967 independent film by Clarke Mackey Ruins (film), a 2004 Slovenian film The Ruins (film), a 2008 horror film based on the 2006 novel of the same name Television "Ruin" (Gotham), an episode of Gotham Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins, 18th season of The Challenge "The Ruins", an episode of Voltron: Legendary Defender Literature Ruins (novel), a 2012 novel from the Pathfinder series by Orson Scott Card "The Ruin", an 8th century Anglo-Saxon poem "The Ruin (Dafydd ap Gwilym poem)", a 14th-century Welsh poem The Ruins (novel), a 2006 horror novel set in the Yucatán, by Scott Smith Music Groups and labels Ruin (American band), an American thrash metal band Ruins (Australian band), an Australian black metal band Ruins (Italian band) Ruins (Japanese band), a Japanese drum-bass duo Ruin (punk band), an American punk band Albums Ruin (album), a 2007 album by British metal band Architects Ruins (Dread Zeppelin album), 1996 Ruins (Grouper album), 2014 Ruins, a 2016 album by British psychedelic rock band Wolf People Ruins, a 2018 album by Swedish country folk duo First Aid Kit Songs "Ruins" (instrumental), by Henry Cow "Ruins", a song by English folk rock, singer-songwriter Cat Stevens "Ruins", a song by Australian singer Gabriella Cilmi "Ruins", a track from the soundtrack of the 2015 video game Undertale by Toby Fox "Ruin", a song by Squarepusher from Music Is Rotted One Note Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media Ruin (publishing house), a Swedish publishing house and magazine Ruin (video game), a video game from SCE and Idol Minds cancelled mid-development Ruin, a.k.a. Professor Hamilton, a DC supervillain in Superman comics Ruins (comics), a 1995 comic book published by Marvel, written by Warren Ellis Real World/Road Rules Challenge: The Ruins, season 18 of the MTV reality TV game show See also Runes, letters of the Runic alphabets